Courses

Urban Waste Treatment Technology

General

Course Contents

The course aims to provide students with the basic theoretical background for the course ‘YDR007
Municipal Wastewater Treatment and Management’. It includes the necessary teaching material for
understanding the treatment of natural water towards the production of high quality water through
purification processes and methods and the analysis of wastewater treatment processes, as well as
the design of relative projects.
Lectures’ content:
o The hydrological cycle. Groundwater, surface water, seawater. Water consumption.
o Water quality characteristics (physico-chemical and microbiological parameters). Legislative
framework. Water pollution – contamination. Protection measures.
o Groundwater and surface water treatment processes. Standard treatment, advanced
treatment.
o Water treatment plants: Flocculation, sedimentation, filtration, adsorption, disinfection, water
storage and distribution.
o Typical wastewater treatment system. Preliminary and primary treatment. General principles of
wastewater and sludge treatment.
o Introduction to the activated sludge model (organic carbon removal and nitrification). Aeration
tank design criteria. Sedimentation tank design and operation.
o Analysis of sludge treatment processes. Sludge thickening (gravity thickeners, mechanical
thickeners). Sludge stabilisation (aerobic and anaerobic digestion). Sludge dewatering. Sludge
disposal and utilisation.
o Design principles for pre-treatment, primary treatment, biological treatment and tertiary
treatment of municipal wastewater.

Educational Goals

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
• know the basic water and wastewater treatment processes
• distinguish and explain the treatment stages of a municipal wastewater treatment plant
• analyse water quality characteristics and distinguish water pollution
• calculate the hydraulic layout of municipal wastewater treatment projects
• assess water and wastewater treatment studies
• prepare a technical report containing the sanitary calculations, hydraulic calculations and
general arrangement drawings of relative projects

General Skills

• Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information
• Adapting to new situations
• Decision making
• Individual work
• Project design and management
• Criticism
• Promoting free, creative and inductive thinking

Teaching Methods

Face to face.

Use of ICT means

Support of the learning process (Teaching and
Communication with students) through PowerPoint lectures,
through the course website, through the e-learning platform
and through additional electronic communication with
students (online announcements and comments, emails,
etc.). Additional material (lecture presentations, educational
videos, useful sites and scientific articles) posted on the elearning page. Teacher-student collaboration time either by
physical presence or by teleconference.

Teaching Organization

ActivitySemester workload
Lectures40
Practice/exercises12
Project10
Individual Study68
Total130

Students Evaluation

Language of Evaluation: Greek
Written test with extended answer questions (formative
and/or inferential)
Theory assessment (80% of the final grade):
• A written progress examination (20% of the final grade)
including:
– Theoretical Extended Response Questions (formative
and/or inferential)
– Problem-solving exercises
• Written final examination (60% of the final grade)
including:
– Theoretical extended response questions (formative
and/or inferential
– Problem-solving exercises
Individual homework (20% of the final grade)
The present course description with the assessment criteria
is accessible to students in the Departmental study guide
(Departmental website) and on the course website.
The outline is communicated orally to students during the
first lecture.

Recommended Bibliography

  • Νταρακάς Ευθύμιος, ΤΕΧΝΙΚΗ ΠΕΡΙΒΑΛΛΟΝΤΟΣ, Διεργασίες Επεξεργασίας Νερού και Υγρών
    Αποβλήτων, Εκδόσεις Εκδόσεις “σοφία”, 2016, ISBN: 978-960-6706-91-2. Κωδικός Βιβλίου
    στον Εύδοξο: 59380527
  • Νταρακάς Ευθύμιος, Πεταλά Μαρία, Τσιρίδης Βασίλειος, Περιβαλλοντική Χημεία και
    Μηχανική, Εκδόσεις ΤΖΙΟΛΑ, 2019, ISBN: 978-960-418-640-2. Κωδικός Βιβλίου στον Εύδοξο:
    86054621
  • Ανδρεαδάκης Α., Επεξεργασία Νερού Βασικές Αρχές και Διεργασίες, Εκδόσεις Συμμετρία,
    2008, ISBN: 978-960-266-207-6. Κωδικός Βιβλίου στον Εύδοξο: 45236
  • Κούγκολος Αθανάσιος, Περιβαλλοντική Μηχανική, Εκδόσεις ΤΖΙΟΛΑ, 2021 (3η έκδοση),
    ISBN: 978-960-418-868-0. Κωδικός Βιβλίου στον Εύδοξο: 94688998
  • Γκουντούλας Κων/νος, Διαχείριση Ιλύος από Εγκαταστάσεις Επεξεργασίας Λυμάτων,
    Εκδόσεις ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ Ι.Κ.Ε., 2019 (2η έκδοση), ISBN: 978-618-84462-2-9. Κωδικός Βιβλίου
    στον Εύδοξο: 86200230
  • • [in Greek] Νταρακάς Ευθύμιος, ΤΕΧΝΙΚΗ ΠΕΡΙΒΑΛΛΟΝΤΟΣ, Διεργασίες Επεξεργασίας Νερού και Υγρών
    Αποβλήτων, Εκδόσεις Εκδόσεις “σοφία”, 2016, ISBN: 978-960-6706-91-2. Κωδικός Βιβλίου στον Εύδοξο:
    59380527
    • [in Greek] Νταρακάς Ευθύμιος, Πεταλά Μαρία, Τσιρίδης Βασίλειος, Περιβαλλοντική Χημεία και
    Μηχανική, Εκδόσεις ΤΖΙΟΛΑ, 2019, ISBN: 978-960-418-640-2. Κωδικός Βιβλίου στον Εύδοξο: 86054621
    • [in Greek] Ανδρεαδάκης Α., Επεξεργασία Νερού Βασικές Αρχές και Διεργασίες, Εκδόσεις Συμμετρία,
    2008, ISBN: 978-960-266-207-6. Κωδικός Βιβλίου στον Εύδοξο: 45236
    • [in Greek] Κούγκολος Αθανάσιος, Περιβαλλοντική Μηχανική, Εκδόσεις ΤΖΙΟΛΑ, 2021 (3η έκδοση), ISBN:
    978-960-418-868-0. Κωδικός Βιβλίου στον Εύδοξο: 94688998
    • [in Greek] Γκουντούλας Κων/νος, Διαχείριση Ιλύος από Εγκαταστάσεις Επεξεργασίας Λυμάτων,
    Εκδόσεις ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ Ι.Κ.Ε., 2019 (2η έκδοση), ISBN: 978-618-84462-2-9. Κωδικός Βιβλίου στον Εύδοξο:
    86200230